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| Subject: Heywood case: China murder cover-up began immediately Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:40 am | |
| A senior Chinese journalist has told the BBC police knew UK man Neil Heywood had been murdered in Chongqing last November and that a cover-up began immediately.
Police panicked when they realised the case could be linked to top politician Bo Xilai and his wife, Gu Kailai.
It was only this month that authorities promised an investigation and named Ms Gu as a suspect.
Bo Xilai has been sacked, amid China's biggest political scandal in decades.
The 41-year-old British businessman was found dead in a hotel in Chongqing on 15 November 2011. Local officials initially said he died of excessive drinking.
But police who arrived at the hotel immediately knew he had been killed, and panicked after they realized the case was linked to Mr Bo, the journalist told the BBC's Martin Patience in Chongqing.
Three of the investigators asked to resign, said Han Pingzao, a former correspondent for the People's Daily in Chongqing.
''They were terrified of the politician,'' Mr Han said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17781092 |
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